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Twenty Five

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD 01. Revelation (Ferrante) - 7:27; 02. Geraldine (Ferrante) - 8:53; 03. Jacketown (Ferrante/Kennedy) - 10:49; 04. Sea Folk (Ferrante) - 10:52; 05. Free Day (Baylor) - 7:11; 06. My Old School (Ferrante/Haslip) - 5:18; 07. Greenhouse (Ferrante/Haslip) - 10:56; 08. RunFerYerLife (Mintzer) - 8:47 DVD 01. My Old School (Ferrante/Haslip) - 4:47; 02. Red Sea (Mintzer) - 7:53; 03. Matinee Idol (Ferrante) - 5:32; 04. Out of Town (Ferrante/Haslip) - 7:14; 05. Geraldine (Ferrante) - 8:59; 06. Imperial Strut (Ferrante) - 5:39; 07. Sea Folk (Ferrante) - 10:30; 08. Greenhouse (Ferrante/Haslip) - 11:04; 09. Time Squared (Mintzer); 8:39

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Universal Syncopations II

By Bob Mintzer

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Opera - 11:14; 02. Breakthrough - 5:27; 03. The Prayer - 7:02; 04. Solar Giant - 4:40; 05. Mediterranean Love - 5:05; 06. Gmoong - 6:10; 07. Universal Evolution - 9:03; 08. Moment - 2:59 Tutte le composizioni e gli arrangiamenti orchestrali e corali sono di Miroslav Vitous

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Miroslav Vitous: Universal Syncopations II

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 20, 2007

Il titolo dato dal bassista Miroslav Vitous al suo ultimo lavoro, Universal Syncopations II, risulta decisamente fuorviante; non si tratta infatti di un seguito al disco del 2003, col quale non presenta nulla in comune se non gli studi di incisione (appunto, gli Universal Syncopations Studios). Pertanto, chi si aspettasse un'altra esaltante blowing sessions tra cinque ...

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Bob Mintzer Quartet: In The Moment

Read "In The Moment" reviewed by Christopher Shoe

by Christopher Shoe
June 2, 2007

Bob Mintzer has been an active and successful member of the jazz community for some time now. He has been involved in numerous projects ranging from a fifteen-year stint with The Yellowjackets and his local New York big band to countless side gigs and projects with some of the most well-known figures in jazz. Something he ...

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Bob Mintzer Quartet: In the Moment

Read "In the Moment" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
April 9, 2007

Fourteen years with the Yellowjackets is only a part of what saxophonist Bob Mintzer represents. He has also led his big band and smaller ensembles through jazz's mainstream time and again over a career that spans more than thirty years of contemporary jazz. His tenor saxophone gives this album a cool quality that turns each melody ...

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Bob Mintzer Quartet: In the Moment

Read "In the Moment" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
April 4, 2007

Horror writer Stephen King once wrote that you can drink vintage wine out of a piece of fine crystal or out of a Flintstones jelly glass. The drink is the same but there is a difference. In the realm of mainstream jazz, there's a similar difference between playing all the right notes and actually meaning them. ...

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Yellowjackets: Twenty Five

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 30, 2007

Non sono molti i gruppi musicali che riescono a festeggiare i 25 anni di attività ininterrotta, soprattutto in un campo come quello della fusion, spesso legato a mode estemporanee. Che gli Yellowjackets ci siano arrivati, è un fatto che depone a loro favore, dimostrando la validità e serietà del loro progetto musicale. Della formazione originaria rimangono ...

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Old School: New Lessons

By Bob Mintzer

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Not Quite Yet; Mofongo; My One and Only Love; Runferyerlife; Mosaic; Resolution; March Majestic; Black Sand; Go Go.

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Up From The Skies; Old School: New Lessons

by Russ Musto
May 23, 2006

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Up From The Skies: Music of Jim McNeely PlanetArts 2006 The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (VJO) is a national treasure. The venerable institution, which began its existence under the co-leadership of Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, celebrates its 40th anniversary of Monday nights at the Village Vanguard ...

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Bob Mintzer Big Band: Old School: New Lessons

Read "Old School: New Lessons" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 15, 2006

Arranger and saxophonist Bob Mintzer has been nominated for thirteen Grammy awards, not only for his solo work and big band recordings, but also for his efforts with the Yellowjackets quartet, and Old School, New Lessons clearly shows why. The music is original, exciting, energetic and captivating. After a 23-year, twelve-album association with Digital Music Products, ...